February 10 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm UTC+0

Ben Rust (1917-1970) was a beloved East Bay history teacher who worked in the Richmond shipyards as an engineer, ship fitter and draftsman during World War II. His daughter cellist Rebecca Rust and partner/bassoonist Frederick Edelmann will perform a free concert on February 10, 2019 in his honor.

Rebecca Rust & Friedrich Edelmann

Concert Program (subject to change)

Max Stern: “Songs of Ascents”, based on Ancient Hebrew Melodies

Laurence Sherr: “Elegy & Vision” in memory of his family members who got killed in Auschwitz

Hans Gál: “Divertimento”; Gál was from Austria and had to escape the Nazi regime in 1938; he went to England and then Scotland and was a cofounder of the Edinburgh Festival

Boccherini, Georges Bizet (an original duet written during the time he composed “Carmen”),